12-27-2009, 09:31 PM
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Location: Maryland
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December 28th
1065 ~ Westminster Abbey consecrated.
1836 ~ Spain recognized Mexico’s independence.
1869 ~ William F. Semple patented chewing gum.
1895 ~ The Lumiere Brothers gave birth to Cinema at the Grand Cafe in Paris.
1937 ~ Death of Maurice Ravel, French composer.
1951 ~ The Peak District became the UK’s first National Park.
1969 ~ Birthday of Linus Torvalds, Benevolent Dictator for Life of Linux.
1970 ~ Birthday of Francesca Le, Porn Actress.
1973 ~ Alexander Solzhenitsyn published Gulag Archipelago.
1989 ~ Death of Hermann Oberth, German physicist.
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